I don't own the Lion King
The next morning, Simba stretched himself and shook his head to wear off the sleep. He walked over to the tip of Pride Rock and welcomed the bright sun as it gradually began to rise to the sky. His mind couldn't help but race through the details of Scar's retaliation. He had put his mother, Sarafina, and Nala to train the pride the next day when Zazu had told him about Scar's plan, but he felt that the pride was not properly trained.
"I wish I killed you when I had the chance," Simba mumbled. He could have killed his uncle in cold-blood but he knew that he didn't have the same heart as Scar did. How could he kill my father like that? His brother? His family member? MY BEST FRIEND! Simba roared in his head. The more he thought about Scar, the more anxious he was to personally kill him.
"Good morning," a soothing voice intruded his thoughts. Simba turned his head and saw Nala approaching his side. Simba gave her a welcoming smile, followed by a nuzzle. "How did you sleep?" she asked him.
"I can't complain," Simba said in a tense voice.
Nala was pretty quick to catch on that something was bothering him. She also noticed how tense Simba's muscles looked. "Are you still thinking about Scar and his plan?" she asked him.
Simba let out a defeated sigh. "Yes," he answered her, "not knowing when he's going to attack really bothers me," he said. "I go on my patrol in constant fear that an Outlander will jump from the bushes and kill me. Then Scar will come and take over the pride."
"You mustn't over think this Simba," Nala said, "whatever happens we will be ready for him. Sarabi, my mother, and I have been training the young lionesses as hard as we could. It's just too bad that the little ones get tired so easily but the older ones are much more skilled."
An idea suddenly lit up in Simba's mind. "I think we need to have a technique," he said. "I will be the one to lead the pride into fighting but the older lionesses will be in front of the younger ones, since they are experts at fighting."
"That is a very good idea!" Nala exclaimed, "then the younger ones will be able to help."
"Let's just hope that there are no deaths. I hate to see our lionesses die," Simba gravelly said.
Nala pushed her head closer to his and rubbed it against his mane. "We will do our best Simba. Come what, come may."
She's right Simba thought. Scar was completely out of his control. "I think I have to send Zazu to spy on the Outlanders again. It's pretty risky but I just need him to get some information from whatever Scar tells them and report back to me."
"Whatever you feel is the right thing to do," Nala said.
In the mid afternoon, after the lionesses and Simba had eaten their fill of food, everyone went right into a very intensive training. Sarabi, Sarafina, and Nala trained the younger lionesses on how to dodge when getting attacked, how to silently attack when one wasn't looking, and how to make the enemy weaker.
Kovu, Kiara, Nuka, Zuri, Khairi, and Vitani had created their little group and they were training also. The best thing about having the Outlander siblings on the Pride Landers side was a good advantage because they could use the techniques that they were taught against the Outlanders.
Khairi leaped towards Vitani and grabbed her neck with his paws. Vitani put her paws on his shoulders and her hind legs on his stomach. She raised her hind legs and rolled off the ground and pinned Khairi to the ground. "That's one technique that I like to call 'The Death Roll,'" she said as she let go of Khairi and walked away.
"Oh yeah?" Khairi said in a challenging voice. He crouched to the ground and leaped towards Vitani. This time he landed on her back and pinned both of her front legs and hind legs to the ground. "This is what I like to call 'The Lover's Trap.'"
"And this is my 'Not Interested' technique," Vitani answered as she swiftly raised her stomach off the ground and her back collided with Khairi's stomach. She raised her body off the ground and Khairi slipped off from her and fell to the ground. Vitani turned around and looked at him in the eyes, "I'd like to see you do that again."
"I would but I'm afraid to," he simply said.
Kovu patiently tapped his tail as he waited for Kiara to attack him. His ears perked up when he heard the grass rustle and Kiara's whisper. Kovu let out a sigh. How was Kiara supposed to attack her enemy without being silent. "Three...two...one," he counted.
"GOTCHA!" Kiara yelled, but Kovu dodged before she could grab him. Kiara's head fell to the ground followed by her body. "You could hear me right?" she asked, looking up at Kovu that was standing over her.
"Only a lot," Kovu answered, "you were being too loud that even an antelope could hear you far away. You have to be careful where you step. One technique that you should do is to feel the earth beneath your paws and become connected with the earth." He demonstrated as he plucked out his nails and dug them against the earth. Kiara imitated Kovu and let her claws dig the earth.
"I think I finally feel connected," Kiara said as she held up her paw and looked at her claws.
"Why don't you try again?" Kovu said. He took a couple of steps away from her and sat down on a small patch of grass, "I'll be waiting."
Kiara giggled. The way he had said that sounded like he wanted her to catch him. Slowly and quietly, she walked away from him and buried herself behind a patch of grass. She took slow, quiet breaths, and stood as still as she could. Her muscles tensed and she waited for Kovu to not notice her.
Minutes passed after Kovu had spoke to Kiara. He hadn't heard her voice, her breath, nor any rustling grass. He turned his head to make sure that she was still there, but she had disappeared. "Kiara?" he called as he stood up on his paws and looked at around. He looked to his left but only saw Nuka training Zuri. He looked at his right and saw Khairi chasing after Vitani. Man she's good! Kovu exclaimed. Suddenly, two paws reached out in front of him and pinned him to the ground.
"How was that?" Kiara asked as she pushed him to the ground.
"Perfect," Kovu answered with a smile.
Nuka jumped towards Zuri and pinned both of her front legs to the ground. "Try to get out of this!" he said as he pushed her legs harder towards the earth.
Zuri noticed that he hind legs were not touching Nuka. She quickly bought her hind legs onto Nuka's body and she pushed him off her. "Whoa!" Nuka exclaimed as he felt his hind legs leaving the earth and entering the air. He let go of her front legs and fell to the ground on his back.
"Was that good?" Zuri asked as she rolled off the ground and stood on her paws.
Nuka jumped up from the ground like a rabbit and said, "yes." He walked over to Zuri. "I never thought that Pride Landers could be so strong."
"We come in lots of surprises," Zuri said, "you guys are pretty strong too."
Nuka gave her a goofy smile as a response. Never had he been associated with a lioness, that wasn't his sister, before. "Thanks," he finally answered. "I have a feeling that the more we train together, the tougher we will be."
"You're right at that," Zuri said as she held up her paw and pointed at Nuka's muscles. "I have never seen such a strong lion before."
"Me? Strong?" Nuka said, "really?"
"Yeah," Zuri nodded, "all that past training has really shaped up your body."
"Back then I barely had any muscles...or a mane," he added.
"A good change of environment has taken you a long way," Zuri said, "and I like it," she finished.
Nuka gave her another smile. Was she flirting with him? Whatever the case was, he liked it also. He was just glad that she wasn't acting like Khairi. He looked over to Vitani and Khairi when he heard a thumping noise. Khairi was on the ground and Vitani stood above him with a paw in the air.
"Whoa guys!" Kiara ran over to them, "take it easy," he heard her say.
Zuri shook her head and let out a sigh. "He doesn't give up, does he?"
"I guess not," Nuka answered.
"Come on ladies, you can do better than that!" Dalia yelled to a duo of lionesses that were fighting one another. Scar had put her in charge of training the lionesses just like Zira had done. They had been training ever since dawn and she could sense that the younger lionesses had gotten exhausted. She turned her head to the left and saw that two lionesses were too exhausted to even lift a paw in the air. She walked over to them and excused them from today's training.
Scar emerged from his cave and saw the two lionesses walking away from the training area. "Where are you going?" he asked them.
"We were excused," one lioness panted at him.
"Continue training," Scar told them. The two lionesses looked at each other and with hung heads, they proceeded back to train even more. Who did she think she was to have excused those lionesses like that? Scar thought. Zira had never disobeyed his orders like that. He walked up to Dalia and said, "I never want to see you do something like that again."
Dalia gave him a confused look. "What do you mean?" she asked.
"I do not, under any circumstances, want you to dismiss any lioness from their training. Only I do it," he told her.
"You are the king right?" Dalia asked.
"Who are you to question my authority?" Scar snapped at her.
"I am your queen," Dalia answered, "or have you forgotten?"
"While that is a fact, you do not go against my orders!" he roared at her. "I want my royal subjects to be tougher then the Pride Landers, even if they die training!"
Even though she was his recent mate, Dalia knew how Scar got when he was upset. She had always sensed it when she and the lionesses were not training properly. "Then we would have less lionesses to help," Dalia retaliated his words, "do you want less lionesses?"
"I would rather have the toughest of all lioness rather than these pathetic adolescents!" he shouted, waving his paw in front of the two exhausted lionesses.
Dalia's eyes become cold when he said that. She took a step and looked at his cold green eyes. "Those are my nieces that you're talking to," she said in a deep voice.
"They can be your children for all I care," Scar yelled as he turned his back on her, "If I see a lioness that is not training, I will personally kill them," he finished as he walked away from Dalia and the pride.
When the lionesses heard that, they went right back into intensive training. Dalia's nieces gave her a helpless look but Dalia couldn't see them getting killed by Scar. Even though she was queen, she had no control. She sadly nodded her head to tell them to get back to training.
"Hey," a voice whispered towards Amber.
Amber's head shot up and she looked around for the voice. She had been resting alone today while Shenzi and Banzai were busy training the rest of the clan. She turned her head behind her and saw Hasani approaching her. "Hey you," she brightly smiled as she got up on her paws and welcomed Hasani with a nuzzle.
"I really miss you," Hasani said, "I know that I'm not supposed to leave my side of the graveyard but I had to see you." Ever since the hyenas saved him from Scar, his mother and father had forbidden him from going to be with Amber. He would have gotten in huge trouble if his parents found out that he was with Amber.
"I'm glad you did," Amber said, "I have missed you too. Why does your mom hate me, may I ask?" she blurted out the question that had been bothering her ever since.
Hasani only gave her a shrug. "Dunno," he answered, "she's been acting crazy lately about this whole thing, and might I say that it's getting annoying."
"Well she should know that she doesn't control us. We can be together how much we want to," Amber snapped.
"Try telling her that."
"I can't, or she'll snap her jaws at me. You have to do something about this."
"Why me?" he asked.
"Hello! You're her son, you idiot. She'll probably listen to you."
"I highly doubt that."
"Well it can't hurt for trying," she said as she lied back to the ground.
Hasani bought down his head and pushed her chin with his nose. "I'll try," he said and he straightened up, "but right now, I have to go or they'll suspect something. I will see you later," he said. Giving her a lick on the head, he walked away from her.